Dr. Terkla is the University Accreditation Liaison Officer to the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC. In addition, she participates in school-level accreditations, providing support as needed.

She has held leadership positions in several organizations serving as President of both the North East Association for Institutional Research and the Association for Institutional Research, as well as the Chair of the US Department of Educational National Postsecondary Executive Committee (NPEC) Council on Postsecondary Education Statistics. In addition, she has served on the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium Board of Directors, the UCLA/ACE Cooperative Institutional Research Program Advisory Committee, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Commission on Policy Analysis, and numerous National Center for Education Statistics technical review panels. Currently, she is serving on the National Student Clearinghouse Advisory Committee.

Dr. Terkla earned a doctorate in higher education research from Harvard University, a Masters of Public Policy from the University of California Berkeley, and a bachelors degree from Ohio Wesleyan University where she majored in politics and government. In addition, she was awarded a management certificate from the Management Institute for Women in Higher Education.

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Academic CredentialsEd.D. from Harvard University (1983); MPP Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley (1977); BA, Ohio Wesleyan University (1975); Certificate, Management Institute for Women in Higher Education (1987)

“Using Dashboard Indicators Effectively.” Invited speaker at the Higher Education Accounting Forum a National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) professional development program, San Francisco, CA, March 28, 2006.

“IR is more than just data.” Invited speaker at the Irish University Quality Board’s forum on The Future of Institutional Research in Irish Higher Education, Dublin, Ireland, November 22, 2005.

“Effective Administrative Involvement: The role of institutional research, the university liaison officer and administrative staff.” Lecture presented at the Japan Institution for Higher Education Evaluation’s International Seminar for University Evaluation, Tokyo, Japan, August 10, 2005, and Kyoto, Japan, August 12, 2005.